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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY (River Front Bicycle Path) |
| HISTORY OF THE RIVER FRONT |
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LEWIS AND CLARK
EXPEDITION Exploration of Northwest Territory was first expedition undertaken by U S Government. Planned by President Tomas Jefferson. Led by Army Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Lewis began voyage at Pittsburgh; descended river to Falls of the Ohio where he met Clark. On October 26, 1803, they left Louisville on historic journey westward. |
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LEWIS AND CLARK
IN KENTUCKY - YORK This enslaved African American who lived most of his life in Louisville, went on Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific, 1803 - 1806. York was the first African American to cross the U S coast to coast and made important contributions to the success of the expedition. |
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FALLS OF THE
OHIO Here around the Falls of the Ohio, abundant river mussels, fish and game attracted Native American occupation 8,000+ years ago. French trappers and missionaries visited the area in the 1700's. The first known English explorers (from Virginia) passed over the Falls in 1742 on now-vanished Corn Island. In 1778 George Rogers Clark trained troops for the conquest of British posts to the northwest, thereby laying the foundation for the establishment of Louisville, the famed Lewis & Clark Expedition set out from here in 1803 on its journey of |
| exploration to the Pacific coast. Artist/naturalist John James Audubon painted many early watercolors of birds around the Falls area while living in Louisville (1807 - 1810). The original topography of the Falls, a drop of 26 feet in 2-1/2 miles, has been changed considerably by removing limestone for street paving, cement manufacture and navigation improvements. The Falls was the only exposure of bedrock in the 918-mile length of the Ohio River and a major obstruction to navigation. Wrecks were frequent and special Falls pilots took boats through the twisting, foaming rapids. The Falls was by-passed by the Louisville and Portland Canal in 1830 and has been tamed by a series of dams beginning in1881. |
| THE WHARF... ALONG THE PATH |
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| RIVERPARK PLACE... ALONG THE PATH |
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RIVERPARK PLACE Riverpark place is a residential/mixed use project located just east of Waterfront Park, at the old Municipal Harbor by Towhead Island. The development, currently in the planning/permitting phase, will include a public promenade along the river, a new marina, residential units, a restaurant, and mixed retail. |
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| VIEWS ALONG THE PATH |
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| VIEWS | RIVERFRONT RESTAURANTS |
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| NON-HISTORIC SUNKEN BARGE | FLOWERS | DUCKS & GEESE |
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| STORM CLOUDS ON THE TRAIL | ROW... ROW... ROW YOUR BOATS...GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM... |
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| ACROSS THE RIVER INTO INDIANA |
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| PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO INDIANA |
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| PORTLAND WHARF PARK | UPSTREAM ENTRANCE TO THE CANAL | RAISED RAILROAD BRIDGE | END OF THE TRAIL |
| SIGNS OF THE TIMES IN LOUISVILLE... ALONG THE PATH |
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| EXTENDED "CHILDREN AT PLAY" | YOU WILL NEVER GUESS... A BATHROOM | GRAFFITI ON RAILROAD OVERPASS |
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Louisville Boat Harbor - Lots of good pictures and information on the Ohio River boating community.
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